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Raymarine GPS Week Rollover Issues dkinzer at 12:29pm 11.29.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1359 In an earlier post I mentioned that a Raymarine tech person said that the RayStar 125 GPS unit on my
Boat is Hibernating (4) SawyerCurt at 4:37am 11.29.22 Catalina 310 11/2080 One of the disadvantages of the New England climate is the 6-month sailing season. Over Thanksgivin
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) (4) Elite29Owner at 11:08pm 11.28.22 Mid-Size Boats 4/1091 Greetings, Need to replace a broken throttle on a 1984 Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850). Current one is a
DC distribution panel in Hunters George Braun at 6:28pm 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1256 I don't particularly like the push-to-reset breakers Hunter uses for a bunch of DC equipment in thei
Replacing Battery in RayStar 125 GPS Unit (1) dkinzer at 4:49pm 11.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1963 The last few times that we took our boat out we got a message on our MFD indicating that the GPS fix
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:50pm 11.28.22 Trailer Sailors 17/3860 Hi Everyone, I wondered for quite a while about how much tension should be on the side stays of my
Sea Hood re-bedding Andiamo 34 at 4:31am 11.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/951 I have an H34 and as most sailors do I have leaks. I've been reading and it seems that 4200 is the
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! joelm100 at 2:10pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 31/5163
Raymarine Axiom shawanaga at 1:29pm 11.27.22 Big Boats 33/7569 Has anyone installed an Axiom + and connected it to their 3gm30f ? thanks Floyd
Two fender covers for 8x20 fenders (2) Rich Stidger at 12:58pm 11.27.22 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 11/2857 These are light weight stretchable black covers. I might have used them for part of a season. The le
Confirming plan for replacing shot battery charger (Longish post re: electronics) Monheganlover at 12:01pm 11.27.22 Catalina 310 4/935 I have my 2002 Catalina 310 on the hard and, when plugging my original equipment C-Charger Model 122
Miracle Rescue of MOB JamesG161 at 10:00am 11.27.22 Sails Call Lounge 11/1961 A man fell overboard on a recent Carnival cruise and managed to survive in the open waters for up t
Hunter 49 mainsail measurements Zencra at 8:20am 11.27.22 Big Boats 5/931 Hi everyone, I'm in the process of measuring for a new furling mainsail. I've never been happy with
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:13am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 29/3347 I did not get one on Black Friday, but having one installed within the next few months is in the for
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard O�Day 222 at 7:21am 11.27.22 Ask All Sailors 35/5222 My 300 amp hour house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. My ou
Motor Mount Bracket for 3GM30F torque specs Sea-ker at 4:31am 11.27.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1317 Going to be replacing the motor mounts on my Hunter 336 3GM30F over the winter and plan to take the
Beneteau First 375 bvermeer at 9:26pm 11.26.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1224 I'm doing research on a mid 80s Beneteau First 375 but I'm having difficulty finding any information
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? ckreitlein at 1:55pm 11.26.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/4272 Since buying my b-331 a year ago, I have never been able to unfurl the mainsail completely. The foo
Cellular Signal in the Channel Islands ?. circa1971la at 10:27am 11.26.22 Ask All Sailors 1/2182
2001 B361 Chain Plate leak GDanko at 8:22am 11.26.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/3413 Shortly after completing the purchase, I noticed a drop of water under the starboard chain plate. I

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Third Cherubini (3) BlowMeAway at 9:21am 05.06.25 Welcome back @sandpiper10471 . I have a 1978 H30 with a simple vang setup consisting of a mast bail
New owner of a Chrysler 22 sandpiper boulevardtalonman at 9:16am 05.06.25 Thanks to both of you for the replies, I'm hoping to raise the mast by the weekend and with any luck
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F Alan Gomes at 9:03am 05.06.25 What should be done with the lift pump once bypassed? Leave it mounted? Yes, you can leave it moun
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long Ralph Johnstone at 8:35am 05.06.25
New owner of a Chrysler 22 sandpiper Timm R Oday25 at 8:22am 05.06.25 Nicely done . You've come to the right place for help and advice . Lot's of knowledge and experiance
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long Claude L.-Auger at 7:45am 05.06.25 Even cranking 30 seconds is way too long for the good of the starter ! You might fry it !!! And th
Identification labels clutches /line stoppers C310 jssailem at 7:09am 05.06.25 I have been using a P-Touch label maker on the boat. It's a pretty simple process to print new label
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long skunther at 7:06am 05.06.25
Westerbeke Coolant problems (1) jssailem at 7:01am 05.06.25 Welcome to the SBO forum. Hinckley makes great boats. nt expansion tank. The original engine desig
Tight furler jssailem at 6:33am 05.06.25 I think Hayden is onto one of the possible issues. The way the drum seemed to catch and then jump su
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 6:29am 05.06.25 That beer idea is shifting though. Corona Sunbrew is the perfect beer for general marina use. Fo
Non binary boaters (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 6:25am 05.06.25 My wife is more direct. Regardless of one's gender identity, bathrooms are designed for either Peni
Electric fuel pump to replace lift pump Yanmar 3GM30F jssailem at 6:22am 05.06.25 Cold Start Procedure... FIRE IN THE HOLE! FIKWKEZsyEg
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 6:20am 05.06.25 Like the aforementioned "relatively expensive" beer. Everything else is open to that. Fast car mi
Tight furler BrianQ at 6:19am 05.06.25 Here is a link to the Hood Seafurler manual. Since you have the sail off, I would recommend disasse
Battery recommendation - anchor windless jssailem at 6:14am 05.06.25 what would be the value gained from adding the complexity and cost of safely charging and maintaini
Nifty Boat Handling jssailem at 6:11am 05.06.25 That was a great video @garymalmgren. Thank you for posting it. It demonstrates the beauty of ski
Beneteau 311 Cabin Lights kloudie1 at 6:08am 05.06.25 You may be able to replace the bulb with an LED "bulb" and not replace the fixtures.. I used G-4 di
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Davidasailor26 at 5:44am 05.06.25 In my world anyone expecting a 200-400amp AIC fuse,is there to protect the wires are dreaming. Is t
Nifty Boat Handling Will Gilmore at 5:43am 05.06.25 That looks exactly like how I do it except with less cursing and more control.;) I would never hav

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